Putting apparatus



Aug. 2, 1927. 1,637,407

- W. C. BRUMDER PUTTING APPARATUS Filed April 2, 1925 2. Sheets-3heet I Aug. 2, 1927. I 1,637,407

w. c. BRUMDER PUTTING APPARATUS Filed April 2. 1923 2 Sheets-SheetZ wI LrAM e. nUMnEa, F MILWAUKEE, \ivnsc'emm.

Patented Au g. 2,1927,

PUTTING APPARATUS.

1 A ucatim filed rils,

My invention relates to goltapparatus, and more particularly to puttingapparatus.

It is :a purpose of the invention to provide an apparatus of the above-mentioned \character Whichis adapted to be :usedifor the purpose of practicing putting and may also lbe used as a game apparatus for the purpose of developing skill in putting. a

.lt isa further purpose I o'lf theinvention to provide a device of the above 'l'nentioned character -comprising an inclined. runway having :a supplemental runway provided thereon, said supplemental runway, {being provided with a portion representing a hole and being provided with means for deflecting the ball as desired. Said, deflecting imeansmay be .so arranged as to indicate whetherhor not the'hall entered the hole when drizven by the player. Said means may be CSO arranged thatthe ball will be deflected when it enters the hole or that it ;deflected when .it over-runs the hole. 7 it w It is also a. purpose of theiuvention to provide meanson the runway, indicating the i Y the movement of the ball over the same will I taken .on'the line 2-2 of Fig; 1;

I Fig. 3 is aiviewzsimilar to Fig.1sh0wing hole which is made of such material that [create :a distinctive sound so as to indicate that the hall has moved over said portion of the runway representing the hole. I

, Other objects'and advantages ofthe invention Willappea-r as the description of the accompanying drawings proceeds. -Hoi'w "ever, .Idesire to have it distinctly under stood that I do .not intend'to limit myself to the exact details shown coridescribed, but thati-[intend to include as part ,oi'my inventienall such iohvious changesand modificactions of parts as would occur a to a person skilled in thisart and as would fall Within the scope of the elaimsl I 1 a In the drawings: a c is Fig.1 is a perspective view of hey improved. apparatus showing means 'gfor de- :flectingthe ball from the supplemental run way when the same is hit with the proper force to enter the hole andnot over-run the same; p

Fig. "2 "is Ea fragmentary. sectional deflecting .means for deflecting the. ball from the supplemental 1 runway when the ,1 same poverruns the hole; I;

5 Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional ,view

and p I -Fig. 7 isa fragmentaryplan yiew'thereof.

which ,the ball is to be driven.

I hall wi view deflected due to the inclined which; will indicate that the bal 1a2a. seen in. 520,395. 7

means Lfor deflecting the ball upon entering a hole in the runway; v .F g. 6 .13 a longitudinal section thereof;

Referring in detail to the drawings, in

:Fig. 1 is shown a runway having an inclined portion ll and. side members 12 with a suppl eniental runway 13 mounted on said inclined member 11, said supplemental runway being provided with side members 14 to maintain ,a shall within the bounds of said supplemental runway after, enteri the opening at the lower end thereof, Sa' runway 13,..as will be clear from Fig. l, is

higher than the runway 11 and is .pnefebv ably provided with a depressed portion 15 along the same representing the hole g I The depressed portion 15 isconnected with the runwayprope-r 1 3 meansofinclined portions 1,6, and the side members 1i, adjacent the member 15., ill'=8..ll1t6l' lgl: .t8(il, and inclined surt'aceslfl are provid adjacent the, depressed portion 15 so as .to deflect a ball that leaves said portion 15 laterally from the supplemental runway 13 to the runway 11. The amount ofdepression of the portion 15 below the uppersurtace of the supplemental runway '13 is such that, if .a ball is'strnck with sufficient force that the same would not 're- .maini-n the hole but would over-run the same said ball would also-pass beyond said depressed portion 15 and onto the upper portion of .the runway 13, thus not being deflected downwardly along the inclined suriaces17 toflthe main runway 11. The

depmssion'of the member 15 is also insufi- .cient for the ball on its return from the upperportion of the runway: 13 to-beLde-- flecte-d due to the inclined surfaces 17 but 1 will continue on down the runway 13 to the bolttomthereofl If the ball is struck with sufficient force to reach the portion 15, but .not with such force theta-the .samewvould passbeyond the in actual said" tion 15 of the runway that the same will lportion 17 fleeting the ball, means my be provided for deflecting the ball after the same has 1 he moved so slowly over the porh PI P- over-run same so as to .indicatethat the f ball has over-run the hole, due to deflection of the same to either side of the supplemental runway. Such a device is shown in Figs.

4 and 5 in which the inclined runway Qlis 7 way; 23, when the same over-runs the hole,

thedistance between the member 24 and the beveled portion 26 being such that the ball movingonly as far as'the beveledportion' '26 without rolling down the'same would be struck'withsuch force that it would remain in the hole'if played in the ordinary man: ner" on the golf links. The member 25 as pointed out may be-of. metal, but this is'not absolutely necessary, as all that is necessary is thatsome materialbe used which will indicate, due to the diflerence in sound of the ball rolling over thesame, that the ball has entered the hole. If for example in the form shown in F igs. 3 and 4, the ball over- "runs the hole there will only be one sound of the ball passing overthe member 25' as the ball will be deflected do'wnone of the inclined surfaces 26,'whereas if the ball enters the hole there will be two sounds, that of the ball moving upwardly along the surface or the member 25 and then downwardly alongsaid same surface. This would be true 'both when the ball moved beyond the member 25 and when the same only moved onto the -member 25 and reversed its directron- 0t movement, as there would be two d st nct rolling sounds over the member 25 1n each case. 7 a

' In Fig. 5 an inclined member 31 is "shown having sidemembers 32 and ha-vin'g'a raised runway 33 thereon. The runway 33 has side members' 34 and is provided "with an openingorhole 35 located a short distance from the upper end 36 of the runway 33.

"Awall 37 joins the runways 3l a'nd 33 and the sides 38 are cutaway as indicated at 39.

The wall '37 comprises a portion 40 extend ing down from the runway 33,- 'and a pair of;laterallyinclined members 41 connected by the portion 42.

;-n ill be seen that whentheball enters the opening 35 it will drop into the space underthe runway 33' and roll along one of the'in'c'lined faces 4:1,which will direct the iballf on'to the runway 31 to one side of the runway whereuponthe ball will roll new the "runway 31 and be returned to the person using the apparatus. I If the ball rolls over the end 36 of the runway 33 it will be returned in the same way.

-Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claimand secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

.1. A putting apparatus comprising an inclined main runway, an inclined supplemental runway thereon and means for deflecting a ball from said supplemental runwaylaterally to said main runway.

2. Apparatus of the character described comprising an inclined main runway, an inclined supplemental runway thereon, means on said supplemental runway representing a hole, and means for deflecting a ball from said supplemental runway laterally on said main runway. r i

3. Apparatus of the character described comprising an inclined main runway, a supplemental runway thereon, said supplemental runway havingan opening therein, and means for deflecting a ball from said supplemental runway laterally 'to said main runway after it has come in contact with said runway; I

l. Apparatus of the character described comprising an inclined main runway, a supplemental runway thereon, said supplemental runway having an opening therein, and means for deflecting a ball passing into said opening to said mainrunway to either side of said supplemental runway.

'5. Apparatus of the characterdescribed comprising an inclined main runway, a supplemental runway thereon, said supplemen- 100 tal runway having an opening therein, and means for deflecting a ball passing into said opening to said main runway to either side or said supplemental runway, said means also deflecting a ball'passing over the end 105 oi? said runway.

6. Apparatus of the character described comprising an inclined main runway and an inclined supplemental runway extending above and havi'ng'its lower end substantially no flush with the main runway, said supplemental runway,havingfan opening adjacent the upper end thereof whereby a ball may-pass therethrough to said main runway. A

7. Apparatus of the character comprising an inclined main runwayjand a supplemental runway, said supplemental runway having oppositely inclined portions extending from said'supplemental runway 5 to said main; runway nearrthe' upper end 120 thereof. a

I 8. Apparatus ofthe: character described comprising anjinclinedmain runway, a supplemental runway thereon having a greater inclination than said main runway, said. sup- 125 plemental runway having an opening therein, and meansfor deflectinga ball leaving said supplemental runwaylaterally on "said main runway- 9. Apparatus of the character described described comprising an inclined main runway, a supplemental runway thereon, and means for either side of said supplemental runway, deflecting a'ball passing from said supplesaid means also deflecting a ball passing mental runway to said main runway to over the end of said runway. 5 either side of said supplemental runwa In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 10. Apparatus of the character descrlbed my'name this 23rd day of February A. D., 15 comprising an inclined main runway, a sup- 1923. plemental runway thereon, and means for deflecting a ball passing from said supple- I ,WILLIAM C. BRUMDER.

mental runway to said main runway to 10 

